Gerald Chukwuma


Gerald Chukwuma is a Nigerian visual artist, sculptor and painter. He is known for his intricate mixed-media sculptures using materials like aluminum, copper and wood. His work explores themes of voluntary and forced migration, globalisation and transformation, incorporating elements of the Uli art tradition.

Early life and education

Chukwuma was born in 1973 in Lagos State, Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he studied Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine and applied arts, he graduated in 2003.

Career

Chukwuma has joined other Nigerian veteran artists in several exhibitions like Ebenezer Akinola, George Edozie and Olusegun Adejumo.
Chukwuma's 2025 solo exhibition "Water Carried Us Here, Water Will Carry Us Away" was inspired by the Igbo Landing, in which captive Igbo people committed mass suicide in Georgia in 1803 after having taken control of the slave ship they were on and refusing to submit to slavery. The title is a reference to a song believed to have been sung by the enslaved Igbos as they marched into the ocean.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions